I think it worth noting that if we continue to denigrate the entire religion of Islam, rather than the misinterpreters of Islam (who no more represent Muhammad than the Klan represents Jesus), we will continue to antagonize and radicalize millions of faithful Muslims who are tired of being insulted and simply want peace for their…
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“The drama of Calvary,” wrote R.J. Campbell in one of his sermons, “is being re-enacted in every soul that comes to spiritual consciousness…. Until the Son of God rises IN YOU victorious…the Christ of long ago has done but little for you…. The sweet story of old has to become YOUR story, told over again…
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“It was nine o’clock in the morning when they crucified him. Remaining with him at the foot of the Cross were the three Marys, the Feminine power that brought him to birth in the ‘Below’, and would now stay with him through all his suffering until his soul was liberated and he returned to the…
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In yesterday’s post, I talked about the religious and political divisiveness in ancient Palestine that had to do with various groups of Jewish citizens: The Pharisees, Sadducees, Zealots and Essenes. Another source of seething hostility in Palestine was a strange and completely new experience of the times, the phenomenon called ‘Religious Persecution’. People had often…
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Tweet Share In 167 BCE, in a small town near Jerusalem, a Greek official ordered an old Jewish priest named Mattathias to sacrifice a pig to the Greek gods. It would set a good example, the official said, and he promised Mattathias a handsome reward if he complied. The old priest defiantly refused, but while…
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Tweet Share After the death of Alexander the Great, his three generals divvied up his Empire. The Greek city-states went to Antigonus. The northern region from Persia through Babylonia and Assyria was taken by Seleucis. The southern region, including Egypt and Palestine, was taken by Ptolemy. For 125 years, the Ptolemies (i.e., Ptolemy I, Ptolemy…
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All emotions are pure which gather you and lift you up; that emotion is impure which seizes only one side of your being and so distorts you. – RAINER RILKE

When Abraham (who, according to the Kabbalah, is the personification of the highest human quality: Loving-Kindness) learned of the impending destruction of Sodom,, he beseeched the Lord to be merciful, and to spare the city, since surely not every single resident was a sinner. He asked God if He would be willing to spare Sodom…
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I can’t stand all the pointless weaseling from both of these guys. Yes, Obama used the word ‘terrorist’ in his 9/12 Rose Garden speech, but using the word ‘terrorist’ is not the same thing as saying THIS was a terrorist attack. At best, it’s ambiguous. And the ambiguity is clarified sufficiently by 14 days of…
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There’s an Interview with me posted today on the Project Conversion website. Check it out! Project Conversion is the work of Andrew Bowen, who spent an extraordinary year experiencing total immersion in twelve faiths (one each month). He’s blogged about his experiences extensively and has a book coming out soon.